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Johan Cédric Micoud (born 24 July 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.

Johan Micoud

Micoud in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Johan Cédric Micoud[1]
Date of birth	(1973-07-24) 24 July 1973 (age 49)
Place of birth	Cannes, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1996	Cannes	127	(17)
1996–2000	Bordeaux	127	(27)
2000–2002	Parma	47	(9)
2002–2006	Werder Bremen	123	(31)
2006–2008	Bordeaux	61	(10)
Total		485	(94)
National team
1999–2004	France	17	(1)
Honours Men's football Representing  France UEFA European Championship Winner 2000
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was considered a skilled midfielder and a dead-ball expert. During a 16-year career he played professionally, other than in his country, in Italy and Germany.

Micoud gained 17 caps for France, and represented the nation at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2000, winning the latter tournament.

Club career

Born in Cannes, Micoud was a youth product of local AS Cannes' youth system, becoming the side's playmaker after Zinedine Zidane's departure to FC Girondins de Bordeaux. He helped the club to promotion from the second division in 1993 and qualification to the UEFA Cup in the following season.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1998–99 campaign, two years after also signing for Bordeaux, Micoud played a pivotal role as the club were crowned Ligue 1 champions, and helped it to the following season UEFA Champions League's second group stage.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2000 summer he moved abroad, initially joining Parma AC where he stayed for two seasons. Micoud then switched to Germany, signing for SV Werder Bremen where he enjoyed a successful four-year stay, the peak of which being a major force in the league and cup double in 2004 as he scored ten goals in the former competition, the highest for a midfielder alongside Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Bernd Schneider.^{[citation needed]}

In June 2006, aged 32, Micoud returned to France, re-joining the club where he first flourished, Bordeaux,[2] and enjoying immediate success by netting the winner in his first league match back at the club, at FC Lorient (1–0). He quickly became a key player in the squad, helping it to win the 2007 League Cup and fight for the title the following season. However, after two solid campaigns, Laurent Blanc announced on 10 May 2008 that the player's contract would not be renewed, and he retired from the game.[3]

International career

Despite being selected in the French national team on several occasions throughout his career, Micoud never managed to secure a regular starting role, mainly due to the presence of Zidane who occupied the same position.^{[citation needed]}

Courtesy of his stellar championship performances with Bordeaux, he made his debut on 17 August 1999 in a friendly match with Northern Ireland, and was subsequently picked for the squad which won UEFA Euro 2000, but he only played in one of the six matches of the tournament, in the group match against Netherlands, effectively a dead rubber given that both nations had already qualified both the group. He was also selected for the disastrous FIFA World Cup campaign of 2002, during which he was entrusted with the key midfield role against Uruguay, only to turn in a largely unconvincing display in a disappointing 0–0 draw.^{[citation needed]}

Regardless of his consistently high level of performance at club level, Micoud found himself subsequently marginalised by the following national bosses: Jacques Santini only selected him once, in a friendly against Holland in 2004, and he failed to make the squad for Euro 2004 despite his Bremen performances. With Raymond Domenech, he did not win a single call-up for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, with the finals to be held in familiar Germany.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cannes	1992–93	Division 2	28	2	0	0	–		–		34	5	[4]
	1993–94	Division 1	34	3	0	0	–		–		34	5	[4]
	1994–95	Division 1	33	7	0	0	4	1	–		37	8	[4]
	1995–96	Division 1	32	5	0	0	–		–		32	5	[4]
	Total		127	17	0	0	4	1	0	0	131	18
Bordeaux	1996–97	Division 1	36	8	8	1	–		–		44	9	[5]
	1997–98	Division 1	29	4	6	3	1	0	–		36	7	[4]
	1998–99	Division 1	31	9	2	0	8	3	–		41	12	[4]
	1999–2000	Division 1	31	6	7	1	12	2	–		50	9	[4]
	Total		127	27	23	5	21	5	0	0	171	37
Parma	2000–01	Serie A	29	4	6	2	4	1	–		39	7	[5]
	2001–02	Serie A	18	5	6	1	2	0	–		26	6	[5]
	Total		47	9	12	3	6	1	0	0	65	13
Werder Bremen	2002–03	Bundesliga	28	5	3	0	4	2	0	0	35	7	[5]
	2003–04	Bundesliga	32	10	6	4	4	1	0	0	42	15	[5]
	2004–05	Bundesliga	33	8	5	2	8	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	48	11	[5]
	2005–06	Bundesliga	30	8	2	1	10	5	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	44	14	[5]
	Total		123	31	16	7	26	9	4	0	169	47
Bordeaux	2006–07	Ligue 1	32	5	5	0	6	0	–		43	5	[5]
	2007–08	Ligue 1	29	5	3	2	6	1	–		38	8	[5]
	Total		61	10	8	2	12	1	0	0	81	13
Career total			485	94	59	17	69	17	4	0	617	128

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	1999	2	0
	2000	7	1
	2001	3	0
	2002	4	0
	2004	1	0
Total		17	1

Honours

Bordeaux

• Division 1: 1998–99^{[citation needed]}
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2006–07^{[citation needed]}

Parma

• Coppa Italia: 2001–02[7][8]

Werder Bremen

• Bundesliga: 2003–04^{[citation needed]}
• DFB-Pokal: 2003–04^{[citation needed]}

France

• UEFA European Championship: 2000^{[citation needed]}

Individual

• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06[9][10][11]

References

External links

• Johan Micoud – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
• Johan Micoud at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Johan Micoud at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Johan Micoud at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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- [en] Johan Micoud

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[es] Johan Micoud

Johan Micoud (Cannes, Francia, 24 de julio de 1973), exfutbolista francés. Su último equipo fue el Girondins de Burdeos de la Ligue 1 de Francia.

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[fr] Johan Micoud

Johan Micoud, né le 24 juillet 1973 à Cannes, est un footballeur international français qui évolue au poste de meneur de jeu dans les années 1992 à 2008.

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[it] Johan Micoud

Johan Micoud (Cannes, 24 luglio 1973) è un ex calciatore e dirigente sportivo francese, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Мику, Жоан

Жоа́н Мику́ (фр. Johan Micoud; 24 июля 1973, Канны) — французский футболист, полузащитник. Выступал за клубы «Канн», «Бордо», «Парма», «Вердер» и национальную сборную Франции.

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